greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 03-06-2915

38 North

· Further Shades of Grey: North Korea Sanctions and the 2015 UN Panel of Experts Report

Action on Armed Violence

· Tracking IED Harm: Monitoring Improvised Explosive Device Use and Why We Need the Data

Afghanistan Analysts Network

· Resolute Support Light: NATO’s New Mission Versus the ANSF Political Economy

Air Force STSC

· CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, March/April 2015, v. 28, no. 2

o Portable Automated Test Station: Using Engineering-Design Partnerships to Replace Obsolete Test Systems

o Metamorphic Runtime Checking of Applications Without Test Oracles

o Dealing With the Time Crunch in Software Testing

o Combinatorial Coverage as an Aspect of Test Quality

o Metrics That Matter in Software Integration Testing Labs

o Silverlining: A Simulator to Forecast Cost and Performance in the Cloud

o Fuzz Testing for Software Assurance

Air University

· Air & Space Power Journal, March-April 2015, v. 29, no. 2

o Sea-Land Basing of Air Refueling Forces: A Concept for Resiliency and Efficiency

o Building a Partnership between the United States and India: Exploring Airpower's Potential

o The SAC Mentality: The Origins of Strategic Air Command's Organizational Culture, 1948-51

o Common Sense: Improving the Efficacy of Wide Area Surveillance

o The Rise of IPv6: Benefits and Costs of Transforming Military Cyberspace

o Employing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: Organizing, Training, and Equipping to Get it Right

o Twenty-First-Century Aerial Mining

o Reawaken the American Spirit of Innovation in Your Organization

Al Jazeera Center for Studies

· Reflecting on Regional Kurdish Politics in the Post-ISIS Period (II): Forces of Rivalry Amongst the Kurds

American Enterprise Institute

· Too Much Energy? Asia at 2030

American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

· Presidential Elections in Turkey

Amnesty International

· Guilty of Defending Rights: Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Defenders and Activists Behind Bars

Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset

· ACLED Conflict Trends Report no. 35 March 2015: Real-time Analysis of African Political Violence

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

· Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, February 2015, v. 22, no. 2

o Whither the "signature wounds of the war" after the war: estimates of incidence rates and proportions of TBI and PTSD diagnoses attributable to background risk, enhanced ascertainment, and active war zone service, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2003-2014

o Surveillance snapshot: responses to the traumatic brain injury (TBI) screening questions on the 2012 version of the Post-Deployment Health Assessment (DD Form 2796)

o Measles and mumps among service members and other beneficiaries of the U.S. Military Health System, January 2007-December 2014

Asian Development Bank

· Policy Enablers for New Wind Energy Markets

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

· Dynamic Effect of a Change in the Exchange Rate System: From a Fixed Regime to a Basket-Peg or a Floating Regime

Atlantic Council

· Human Rights Abuses in Russia-Occupied Crimea

Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

· A Problem of Nuclear Proportions

Brookings

· Collusion to Crackdown: Islamist-Military Relations in Egypt

· Designing Pan-Atlantic and International Anti-crime Cooperation

· The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and Describing the Population of ISIS Supporters on Twitter

· Secrecy and Negligence: How Congress Lost Control of Domestic Surveillance

· Skills and Innovation Strategies to Strengthen Manufacturing: Lessons from Germany

· Trends and Developments in African Frontier Bond Markets

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

· Lessons from the 2013-2014 Israeli-Palestinian Final Status Negotiations

Center for Global Development

· Benchmarking Supply Chains for Better Performance

Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)

· Federal Bureau of Prisons

Center for Security Studies (CSS)

· Russian Analytical Digest, No. 164

o Economic Challenges: Weak Ruble, Unstructured Monotowns

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

· The FY2016 Defense Budget and US Strategy: Key Trends and Data Points

· The Great Powers in the New Middle East

· PacNet #15 - How to Remember the Pacific War

· PacNet #14 - The Time is Right for US-China Nuclear Dialogue

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

· Changing Global Financial Governance: International Financial Standards and Emerging Economies since the Global Financial Crisis

· China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone: Backgrounds,Developments and Preliminary Assessment of Initial Impacts

· Influence of RMB Internationalization on the Chinese Economy

· Internationalization of the Renminbi:Developments, Problems and Influences

Centre for European Policy Studies

· Green, Pink & Silver? The Future of Labor in Europe

· Labour Mobility in Europe: An Untapped Resource?

· More Union in European Defense

Chatham House

· Policy Cooperation in the G20: The Role of Middle Powers and Proposals for the Turkish Presidency in 2015

· Prospects for Iran’s Oil and Gas Sector

China Policy Institute

· Dealing with the ISIS Challenge: What China Might Do and Its Implications for China’s Anti-Terrorism Policy

Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations

· Red Lines and al-Shabaab: Negotiating Humanitarian Access in Somalia

· The Tricky Business of Using Greater Force in UN Peace Operations

Combat Studies Institute Press

· From One Leader to Another - Vol II

Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)

· CTC Sentinel, February2015, v. 8. no. 2

o A View From the CT Foxhole: An Interview With Captain Robert A. Newson, Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

o Comparing Counterterrorism in Indonesia and the Philippines

o Digging In and Trafficking Out: How the Destruction of Cultural Heritage Funds Terrorism

o Hezbollah: Pulled between Resistance to Israel and Defense of Syria

o Terrorist Targeting of the Libyan Oil and Gas Sector

o The Role of Child Soldiers in a Multigenerational Movement

o ISIL, Syria & Iraq Resources

· Jihadist Biographies

Congress. House. Armed Services Committee

· Air Force Projection Forces Aviation Programs and Capabilities for Fiscal Year 2016

· Alignment of Infrastructure Investment and Risk and Defense Strategic Requirements

· Cyber Operations: Improving the Military Cyber Security Posture in an Uncertain Threat Environment

· The President's Proposed Authorization for Use of Military Force Against ISIL and U.S. Policy, Strategy, and Posture in the Greater Middle East

· Update on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program and the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request

· U.S. Policy, Strategy, and Posture in Afghanistan: Post-2014 Transition, Risks, and Lessons Learned

Congress. House. Energy & Commerce Committee

· The 21st Century Electricity Challenge: Ensuring a Secure, Reliable and Modern Electricity System

· Understanding the Cyber Threat and Implications for the 21st Century Economy

Congress. House. Foreign Affairs Committee

· The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Prospects for Greater U.S. Trade

· Ukraine Under Siege

Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee

· Industry Perspectives on the President’s Cybersecurity Information Sharing Proposal

Congress. House. Oversight & Government Reform Committee

· Rebuilding the Chemical Safety Board: Finding a Solution to the CSB’s Governance and Management Challenges

Congress. House. Transportation & Infrastructure Committee

· Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization: Enabling a 21st Century Aviation System

Congress. Senate. Armed Services Committee

· Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2016 and the Future Years Defense Program

· U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Programs, and Strategy

Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations Committee

· Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe: Where Does Putin Go Next After Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova?

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

· Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on The Budget and Economic Outlook for 2015 to 2025 Conducted by the Senate Committee on the Budget

· Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, March2015

· Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2014

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

· Southern Asia's Nuclear Powers

Department of State

· Background Briefing on Secretary Kerry's Meetings on the Iran Nuclear Negotiations

· Five Things You Need to Know About the U.S.-Israel Relationship Under President Obama

· U.S.-India Space Security Cooperation: A Partnership for the 21st Century

Enough Project

· Fool's Gold: The Case for Scrutinizing Sudan's Conflict Gold Trade

EU Institute for Security Studies

· China: Setting the Agenda(s)?

· China’s People’s Liberation Army – The Politico-military Nexus

European Leadership Network

· The Wales Pledge Revisited: A Preliminary Analysis of 2015 Budget Decisions in NATO Member States

European Policy Centre (EPC)

· EU's Quest for Energy Security - What Role for the Energy Union?

· Internet “Freedom” in Turkey

Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)

· Between Two Fires: Ukraine Amidst Transdniestria and the Donbas

· Lithuania Prepares for Hybrid War

· There Is Still Time to Keep Afghanistan from Going the Way of Iraq: If Drawdown Plans are Significantly Modified

Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI)

· Measuring Conflicts of Interest: A Revolving Door Indicator

Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique)

· Ukrainian Crisis: Between the Identity Policy and Confrontation to the “Russian World”

German Council on Foreign Relations

· Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Winning Back Trust: The EU Commission Should Take Concrete Steps to Address the Public’s Concerns

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Aviation Security: TSA Should Take Additional Action to Obtain Stakeholder Input when Modifying the Prohibited Items List. GAO-15-261

· Defense Acquisitions: Better Approach Needed to Account for Number, Cost, and Performance of Non-Major Programs. GAO-15-188

· Defense Science and Technology: Further DOD and DOE Actions Needed to Provide Timely Conference Decisions and Analyze Risks from Changes in Participation. GAO-15-278

· Drug Shortages: Better Management of the Quota Process for Controlled Substances Needed; Coordination between DEA and FDA Should Be Improved. GAO-15-202

· Food Safety: Additional Actions Needed to Help FDA's Foreign Offices Ensure Safety of Imported Food. GAO-15-183

· Government Efficiency and Effectiveness: Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, Duplication, and Improper Payments and Achieve Other Financial Benefits. [testimony] GAO-15-440T

· H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs: Increased Protections Needed for Foreign Workers. GAO-15-154

· Healthcare.gov: CMS Has Taken Steps to Address Problems, but Needs to Further Implement Systems Development Best Practices. GAO-15-238

· Information Security: FAA Needs to Address Weaknesses in Air Traffic Control Systems. GAO-15-221

· Whistleblower Protection: Additional Actions Needed to Improve DOJ's Handling of FBI Retaliation Complaints [testimony]. GAO-15-343T

Heritage Foundation

· CBO Should Update Its Methodology Before Dynamically Scoring Spending Bills

· Congress Should Expand Trusted Traveler Programs and Private Airport Screeners

· King v. Burwell: What State Lawmakers Should Do

· Time to Reconsider U.S. Support of UNRWA

· The U.S. Should Oppose the U.N.’s Attempt to Ban Autonomous Weapons

Households in Conflict Network

· Is Conflict Contagious? Evidence from a Natural Experiment